darkfrei wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:52 am
local quad = love.graphics.newQuad ( x, y, w, h, image )

That's what I was missing. For some reason I was assuming that only the version of a function at the top of the page was legit and the lower ones were obsolete. Not sure why. But it caused me to miss that.

Thanks.

Hi, I'm trying to load a large .png image and draw only part of it to a canvas. My understanding is that I should use a quad to lift part of the image and then draw that, but I'm not seeing how to aim the newQuad() function. It's arguments don't include an image/texture/whatever argument and I don't...

Thanks, I've changed the text to mention that. Anything else I should know?

You get one free clear at the start of the draw loop as love clears the screen for you ready to draw the new frame. But the free clear applies only to the screen and not to the canvases, correct? That makes sense. As for the tint, yes it applies to everything drawn. You can use this to your advanta...

That fixed it, thanks. But why is the last clear unnecessary? I get that I don't need it here since the image doesn't change, but aren't I normally supposed to clear the screen between frames? EDIT: One more question. Does the tint apply to everything drawn with the graphics.draw() function? I just ...

Hello again, More trouble with canvases. Again, this is with v11.2 on 64-bit Windows 10. I'm attempting to draw a white square with a smaller blue square inside of it to a canvas, then draw the result to the screen. Instead what I get is a solid blue square with no hint of white. Here's the full cod...

When love.draw finishes, you need to have no canvas active, so you need to disable it at some point before the end of love.draw(). This works, for example: That was the problem. Thanks. Suggestion to the Love2D devs: a warning about needing to deactivate your canvases in the documentation for the c...

Hello, I'm using v11.2 in 64-bit Windows 10. Trying to use a canvas causes an immediate crash, even with the following minimal code: function love.load() canvas_1 = love.graphics.newCanvas() end function love.update() end function love.draw() love.graphics.setCanvas(canvas_1) end Here's the error me...

Fair enough. Thanks.

Hello, I'm trying to make a simple command-line interface by using the love.textinput(text) function (this is with Love2d version 11.1). I've got text appearing but I can't get the program to recognize when the return key is pressed. I know I can do this with love.keypressed(key) by comparing key to...